Investigation Reports

2017

December 2017: Citizenship own motion investigation reportImmigration:
Delays in processing of applications for Australian Citizenship by conferral Commonwealth Ombudsman: Investigation into the Department of Immigrations and Border Protection's administration of a cohort or applicants requiring enhanced integrity and identity checks.

2016 State of the Health Funds ReportPrivate Health Insurance:
Provides comparative information on the performance and service delivery of health funds.A web accessible version of the report can be found here.

December 2016: The Administration of Section 501 of the Migration Act 1958Commonwealth Ombudsman; Immigration:
Own motion investigation report into s 501 of the Migration Act following the change in December 2014 that made cancellation of a visa mandatory in some circumstances which increased the number of visas cancelled from 76 in 2013-14 to 983 in 2015-16. This has increased the number of people placed into an immigration detention centre after completing their prison sentence and has led to substantial delays in determining appeals to revoke the cancellation decision in order to remain in Australia.